Panama.—Colony on tree trunk; on surface of trunk of fallen tree (Hebard, 1920).
Diploptera punctata
Hawaii.—"Crowds of these insects in various stages of development sometimes gather in cypress trees, in suitable chinks, in old flowerhead sheaths of palms, etc., and even more or less openly on leafy twigs, in bunch grass, and the species is at times locally abundant behind the older leaf bases of sugar cane" (Williams et al., 1931). Williams also lists the following as food plants: Cryptomeria, algaroba, lime trees, ripening mangoes, papayas, and oranges. However, Bianchi (personal communication, 1954) doubted that any of the above are the main dietary, because the largest populations he had seen "were found in the fairly dry litter of Star Jasmine (Jasminum pubescens Willd.), well removed from any of the plants mentioned by Williams."
Raiatea, Society Islands.—Beaten out of bracken (Cheesman, 1927).
Uahuka, Marquesas Islands.—Under bark (Hebard, 1933a).
Dryadoblatta scotti
Trinidad.—Very common in water-filled, epiphytic bromeliads in the rain forest (see p. 31) (Princis and Kevan, 1955).
Ectobius africanus
Belgian Congo.—Females in forest margin and in forest undergrowth (Rehn, 1931).